Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety91#1,327/15,637
Economy53#7,348/15,631
Housing31#10,314/14,977
Health79#3,318/15,609
Healthcare39#9,493/15,650
Environment92#1,235/15,453
Education56#6,870/15,649
Infrastructure70#4,763/15,650
Community67#5,222/15,651
Leisure & amenities49#7,915/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Avon, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Livingston County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low27 /100k
100/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureLivingston County value
Job growth · high5.3%
98/100New York -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLivingston County value
Students per teacher · low10.0×
98/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLivingston County value
Public EV charging ports · high19.9 /10k
96/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLivingston County value
Hot days · low4 days
88/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLivingston County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
88/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLivingston County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.0 /1k
2/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauLivingston County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.14%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low23.0%
8/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLivingston County value
Distance to an emergency room · high12.8 mi
10/100New York 3.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLivingston County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high202 min
21/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLivingston County value
High school diploma or higher · low94.0%
21/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 4.9% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
40.2% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.0% (2015-2019) → 94.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
32.1% (2015-2019) → 23.7% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
51.2% (2015-2019) → 45.5% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Avon, New York improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+11 points83.0% → 94.0%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−12 points40.2% → 27.8%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Avon, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	−5.1 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Declined	1%
Broadband subscriptions	83.0%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	2.91%2015-2019	2.14%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	98%
High school diploma or higher	96.0%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3872015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$67,2592015-2019	$71,7712020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	13.5%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.1%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	51.2%2015-2019	45.5%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Avon, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Avon, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Avon, New York itself moved +6.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,417 residents (±23)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+5.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,417 residents (±23)

Avon, New York
New York share

White92%3,159
Black1.7%†58
Hispanic or Latino3.1%†106
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.8%†29
Other or two or more races1.9%†65

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,270 residents (±218)

Avon, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.0%†137
High school or GED30%673
Some college19%†426
Associate degree18%404
Bachelor's degree16%†369
Graduate degree11%†261

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (−5.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,503 households (±125)

Avon, New York
New York share

Under $25k15%†221
$25k–50k13%†195
$50k–75k23%†351
$75k–100k19%†279
$100k–150k19%†291
$150k–200k3.7%†55
$200k or more7.4%†111

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,503 households (±125)

Avon, New York
New York share

Own61%923
Rent39%580

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

569 households (±131)

Avon, New York
New York share

Under $75018%†100
$750–1,00036%†205
$1,000–1,50025%†144

Home values

923 homes (±120)

Avon, New York
New York share

Under $150k27%†252
$150k–250k52%483
$250k–400k15%†141

Age of homes

1,548 homes (±128)

Avon, New York
New York share

2010 or later3.5%†54
2000–200911%†167
1980–199912%†192

Size of homes

1,548 homes (±128)

Avon, New York
New York share

Studio1.0%†15
1 bedroom12%†192
2 bedrooms36%558

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,743 workers (±202)

Avon, New York
New York share

Drive alone80%1,402
Carpool5.1%†89
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.5%†78
Bike0.7%†13
Work from home5.0%†87
Other4.2%†74

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+5.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,656 workers (±199)

Avon, New York
New York share

Under 15 min48%801
15–29 min35%†573
30–44 min12%†202

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Rochester, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Livingston County, the county holding most of Avon's residents.

Livingston County has 1,202 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.72× New York's), with 13,693 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,632. The Census Bureau also counts 3,712 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,202; 3,712 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 13,693
Average annual pay: $48,632; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Livingston County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	98	16	0.87×About typical	1,383	$19,654	19
Specialty trade contractors	84	13.7	0.89×About typical	542	$89,838	334
Ambulatory health care services	68	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	702	$54,909	193
Religious organizations	51	8.3	1.50×More than typical	428	$18,397	—
Construction of buildings	50	8.2	1.08×About typical	287	$60,373	105
Automotive repair and maintenance	45	7.4	1.46×More than typical	171	$44,924	58
Limited-service restaurants	44	7.2	0.90×About typical	777	$18,447	11
Full-service restaurants	43	7	0.92×About typical	529	$21,076	5
Gasoline stations	38	6.2	1.92×More than typical	346	$33,832	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	35	5.7	0.85×About typical	114	$35,798	195
Lessors of real estate	30	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	172	$32,942	398
Building equipment contractors	23	3.8	0.62×Fewer than typical	327	$107,813	55

Rank places for an industry Open Livingston County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 61,184 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Avon, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

643.7FY2017
1.6KFY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Avon, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Avon, New York's figures are part of those of Livingston County, NY ($19.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Avon is mostly in Livingston County.

See federal money in Livingston County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Avon, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Livingston County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, NY83

Other cities and towns in Livingston County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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